diff --git a/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
index 3847c47a..004b335c 100755
--- a/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ class StatsController < ApplicationController
     # - actions not part of a hidden project
     # - actions not part of a hidden context
     # - actions not deferred (show_from must be null)
+    # - actions not pending/blocked
     
     @actions_running_time = @actions.find_by_sql([
         "SELECT t.created_at "+
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ class StatsController < ApplicationController
           "WHERE t.user_id=? "+
           "AND t.completed_at IS NULL " +
           "AND t.show_from IS NULL " +
-          "AND NOT (p.state='hidden' OR c.hide=?) " +
+          "AND NOT (p.state='hidden' OR p.state='pending' OR c.hide=?) " +
           "ORDER BY t.created_at ASC", @user.id, true]
     )
     
diff --git a/app/models/todo.rb b/app/models/todo.rb
index 7fd64628..e4c60712 100644
--- a/app/models/todo.rb
+++ b/app/models/todo.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ class Todo < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   named_scope :active, :conditions => { :state => 'active' }
   named_scope :not_completed, :conditions =>  ['NOT (todos.state = ? )', 'completed']
+  named_scope :completed, :conditions =>  ["NOT completed_at IS NULL"]
   named_scope :are_due, :conditions => ['NOT (todos.due IS NULL)']
+  named_scope :deferred, :conditions => ["completed_at IS NULL AND NOT show_from IS NULL"]
+  named_scope :blocked, :conditions => ['todos.state = ?', 'pending']
 
   STARRED_TAG_NAME = "starred"
   RE_TODO = /[^"]+/
diff --git a/app/views/stats/_totals.rhtml b/app/views/stats/_totals.rhtml
index 02e2301d..500fde10 100755
--- a/app/views/stats/_totals.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/stats/_totals.rhtml
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 <p>You have <%= @projects.count%> projects. 
-  Of those <%= @projects.count(:conditions => "state = 'active'")%> are active projects, 
-  <%= @projects.count(:conditions => "state = 'hidden'")%> hidden projects and 
-<%= @projects.count(:conditions => "state = 'completed'")%> completed projects</p>
+  Of those <%= @projects.active.count%> are active projects,
+  <%= @projects.hidden.count%> hidden projects and
+<%= @projects.completed.count%> completed projects</p>
 
 <p>You have <%= @contexts.count%> contexts. 
-Of those <%= @contexts.count(:conditions => ["hide = ?", false])%> are visible contexts and 
-<%= @contexts.count(:conditions => ["hide = ?", true]) %> are hidden contexts
+Of those <%= @contexts.active.count%> are visible contexts and
+<%= @contexts.hidden.count%> are hidden contexts
 
 <% unless @actions.empty? -%>
-<p>You have <%= @actions.count(:conditions => "completed_at IS NULL") %> incomplete actions 
-of which <%= @actions.count(:conditions => "completed_at IS NULL AND NOT show_from IS NULL") %> are deferred actions. </p>
+<p>Since your first action on <%= format_date(@first_action.created_at) %>
+you have a total of <%= @actions.count %> actions.
+<%= @actions.completed.count %> of these are completed.
 
-<p>Since your first action on <%= format_date(@first_action.created_at) %> 
-you have a total of <%= @actions.count %> actions. 
-<%= @actions.count(:conditions => "NOT completed_at IS NULL") %> of these are completed.
+<p>You have <%= @actions.not_completed.count %> incomplete actions
+of which <%= @actions.deferred.count %> are deferred actions
+in the tickler and <%= @actions.blocked.count %> are dependent on the completion of other actions.
+. </p>
 
 <p>You have <%= @tags_count-%> tags placed on actions. Of those tags,
 <%= @unique_tags_count -%> are unique.